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during hurricane irene, we watched, i watched. the waters rose in our subside basement near our generators. fortunately, as the tide receded, the water receded and we were fine during hurricane , irene. but beginning on sunday night, our engineering team was acutely concerned with what might happen if the tide came in as high as it might, the flood surge as big as it might be. so we had done a tremendous amount of preparation to make sure we had adequate sump pumps and we had insulated a ed all wiring that might somehow get exposed to that water. because we didn't want a replay of the near call that happened during hurricane irene. >> you had to okay this transfer. it was a big procedure as wolf just mentioned. how did it work for you? >> i got around something around 10:30, from our command center. saying, we just got a call from nyu, are we prepared to take their patients? i said, absolutely. we had already taken their patients during hurricane irene, because they had voluntarily evacuated at this time. this time, we knew it was
during hurricane irene, we watched, i watched. the waters rose in our subside basement near our generators. fortunately, as the tide receded, the water receded and we were fine during hurricane , irene. but beginning on sunday night, our engineering team was acutely concerned with what might happen if the tide came in as high as it might, the flood surge as big as it might be. so we had done a tremendous amount of preparation to make sure we had adequate sump pumps and we had insulated a ed all...
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people who live along the coast here had experience with hurricane irene. they knew if they were going to be vulnerable then, if they were vulnerable now, so a lot of ghost towns along the coast here in connecticut. people heeding those warnings, going to higher ground, going inland to take shelter. so, right now we're not seeing a lot of activity except for the water that continues the rise. wolf? >> i assume people are bracing for a lot worse, not only over the next few hours but over the next day or two. >> reporter: well, just imagine what's going on right now. a little over an hour ago this water was just barely ankle deep. you can see how much it's come up in the lax hour. we are looking at sustained 50 to 60-mile-per-hour winds continuing to push the water on to shore until about 3:00 in the morning. how long it stays after that is anybody's guess but combine that with the damage from the winds putting so many people out of electricity, this is going to be a very long event. last time with hurricane irene, it didn't take days to get everybody to have
people who live along the coast here had experience with hurricane irene. they knew if they were going to be vulnerable then, if they were vulnerable now, so a lot of ghost towns along the coast here in connecticut. people heeding those warnings, going to higher ground, going inland to take shelter. so, right now we're not seeing a lot of activity except for the water that continues the rise. wolf? >> i assume people are bracing for a lot worse, not only over the next few hours but over...
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even with irene -- i'm going back to the same story, but irene was a hurricane. it looked great coming out of the bahamas. a big beautiful eye weatherwise and then it died. we thought, gosh, this thing might come back. let's keep watching. keep telling people it's going to be bad because it's going to come back. this thing right here, this thing looks terrible. sandy looks terrible right now. if sandy does not come back, it will be a significantly lower storm, significantly lower threshold and obviously a lot less power outage and lot less trees down, a lot less wind. it's not there. it's not in the forecast. the computers aren't saying it, but they weren't for irene either. >> we're getting a new forecast at the top of the hour. chad will be back for that. thanks very much. >> you're welcome. >>> up next, a controversial new political ad aiming at getting out the youth vote. our political panel is standing by to discuss that and a lot more. ♪ ♪ ♪ i have a cold... i took dayquil, but i still have a runny nose. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't wo
even with irene -- i'm going back to the same story, but irene was a hurricane. it looked great coming out of the bahamas. a big beautiful eye weatherwise and then it died. we thought, gosh, this thing might come back. let's keep watching. keep telling people it's going to be bad because it's going to come back. this thing right here, this thing looks terrible. sandy looks terrible right now. if sandy does not come back, it will be a significantly lower storm, significantly lower threshold and...
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katrina -- or irene last year this area also flooded. but not nearly as bad as this. the clean up, it's pretty much drained within a day or so. and lost no electricity last year. this one we were -- you know, we don't know the epa. >> reporter: dan, thanks very much. good luck to you. wolf, there's one resident, one business owner here determine today recover. others here have an amazing sense of community spirit. these are all community volunteers doing all this work largely responsible for the clearing of the streets. as i mentioned, just a couple hours ago this water was up to my knees, up to the knees of these volunteers who waded out here in some very, very unhealthy and almost dangerous water because it has so much sewage and chemicals and garbage in it. >> brian, we'll get back to you in hoboken, new jersey. let's head back to manhattan. we've re-established our contact with dr. sanjay gupta. he's at bellevue hospital, sanjay, 700 patients now need to be evacuated because they've lost power, emergency generators at bellevue hospital? >> yeah. i think that's the
katrina -- or irene last year this area also flooded. but not nearly as bad as this. the clean up, it's pretty much drained within a day or so. and lost no electricity last year. this one we were -- you know, we don't know the epa. >> reporter: dan, thanks very much. good luck to you. wolf, there's one resident, one business owner here determine today recover. others here have an amazing sense of community spirit. these are all community volunteers doing all this work largely responsible...